iamwrasseman
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Leopard Wrasse Primer
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ChadTheSpike
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Well, timely enough, here is my several day update for the to MM's that I picked up...
I drip acclimated for 3-4 hours or so in a dark and covered plastic container and released them, one immediately went sand diving. The other, however (and the reason I said 'timely enough' earlier), went directly to the glass and started picking some of the useless copepod eating flatworms I have off the wall. I was ecstatic and like "SCORE"!! hehe. This wrasse seemed immediately at home and went sand diving in the early evening.
Anyway, the first sand-diving wrasse came out an hour or so after release and immediately started the hunting pose and picking stuff off the rocks. I gave a hikari (they are small) and PE mixture, both ate hikari and some of the smaller PE pieces. So far so good, both seem to eat the useless flatworms and are out during normal hours during the day.
Also, both seem to have the lighting schedule down and are eating, swimming together, and hunting happily, so fingers crossed!
I drip acclimated for 3-4 hours or so in a dark and covered plastic container and released them, one immediately went sand diving. The other, however (and the reason I said 'timely enough' earlier), went directly to the glass and started picking some of the useless copepod eating flatworms I have off the wall. I was ecstatic and like "SCORE"!! hehe. This wrasse seemed immediately at home and went sand diving in the early evening.
Anyway, the first sand-diving wrasse came out an hour or so after release and immediately started the hunting pose and picking stuff off the rocks. I gave a hikari (they are small) and PE mixture, both ate hikari and some of the smaller PE pieces. So far so good, both seem to eat the useless flatworms and are out during normal hours during the day.
Also, both seem to have the lighting schedule down and are eating, swimming together, and hunting happily, so fingers crossed!
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I can't comment on the experience of anyone else, but within a couple weeks of adding the leopard wrasse to my 180 gal tank I couldn't find any. I had used Flatworm Exit to control them prior to the wrasse, but they always came back. I didn't add the wrasse to the tank thinking it would control the red planaria, but it was a nice surprise when it did.
iamwrasseman
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cheers mysterybox
iamwrasseman
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that's great and your plaque is in the mail ! naw that is really cool and i hope that all goes well for the next year !
iamwrasseman.... hi im in the uk, ive got to page 13 what is for me an interesting thread, i have a small number of wrasses, including a choati, my LFS had him for WEEK BEFORE I SAW HIM , THE WIFE HAD NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE & ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN ON MY WRASSE LIST FOR SOME TIME I WAS HESITANT TO TAKE HIM BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO KEEP ( sorry about caps hit wrong key.) anyway she wanted him so i made the purchase he had been feeding activally well in the shop and competed well with my other fish at feeding time , he did go thin & was treated with solupraz for worms, he started to gain weight then dissapered only to be found two days later behind some LR dead, there was a hole on his belly just behind his stomac, i had him for 11 weeks, my main LFS owner has over the years had 5 & all died unecpetantly and with out any sings of distress,you seem to know youre stuff but reading what i have i realy think its the luck of the draw weather any one who purchases one will get one that will survive, i e mailed the guy at oragon reef he has now broke down his marine tank & sold his choati on but had his for 3 years, i am looking for answers on this thread but i am begining to think it is the luck of the draw with these choati wrasses, can you give me a link to youre tank thread please, i will try to get my you tube fish film for you to take a look at, & any advice would be gladly accepted. bob lloyd .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5qwLlLDCeQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5qwLlLDCeQ
iamwrasseman
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well bob a very large tank with no other fish in it would help and it should be full of pods too . they are extremely difficult to get past a few weeks and then every month is another triumph IMO . i really do believe it is very much the luck of the draw as you stated but a few people here on this tread have been successful . Snorvich has had some very good fortune and has been housing a pair for about six or seven months if I'm correct . he has other wrasses in the tank and has had very good results but he did lose one also if im not mistaken . while you read this tread there is alot of very useful information without to many sidetracks and please let us know what wrasses you have as we are all interested as this tread has been twisting left ,right ,up and down with so many subjects discussed and i really am glad to be a part but there have been alot of input from others too . i will pm you with my email addressee and i have tons of pictures but have had trouble figuring out how to post them in my home page .i wish you the best and hope to discuss some interesting wrasses stuff here in this tread .
iamwrasseman
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hey bob just checked out your video on you tube ans it is awesome ! i like the exquisite wrasse along with the hooded red fin fairy ,and the choati is amazing but im sorry that you have lost him . they are extremely difficult as you have found out . your reef looks great too ,and its the perfect setting for your beautiful wrasses and fish . thanks for sharing as we all love to see the wrasses in action .
Ralph ATL
Formerly mysterybox
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Ralph ATL
Formerly mysterybox
here's a video of my tank, opinions & suggestions welcome!
click on 480p or 720p after it starts!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NnkvwZbbs8
click on 480p or 720p after it starts!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NnkvwZbbs8
jtumbleweed
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I don't think I can read 52 pages of this thread to post my info and question, so I apologize if this is rehashed.
I bought a female Macropharyngodon meleagris from my LFS almost a week ago (4/28). I bought it because it was hunting in the cube it was in and looked very healthy, but it was also a bit of an impulse. My drip acclimation system was at a friends house (actually for drip acclimating some leopards he had ordered a while back) so I floated the bag in the sump and slowly added water with a baster, and eventually released the fish right into the tank. It buried itself in the sand for a day or two, and then after that it was pretty much out during the day actively hunting. It took about three days, but it started to eat frozen mysis and blackworms, and freeze dried mysis whenever I fed it. It took to the tank very well and blends right in with the other fish. What are the chances that this fish will do alright, given all of it's information?
I bought a female Macropharyngodon meleagris from my LFS almost a week ago (4/28). I bought it because it was hunting in the cube it was in and looked very healthy, but it was also a bit of an impulse. My drip acclimation system was at a friends house (actually for drip acclimating some leopards he had ordered a while back) so I floated the bag in the sump and slowly added water with a baster, and eventually released the fish right into the tank. It buried itself in the sand for a day or two, and then after that it was pretty much out during the day actively hunting. It took about three days, but it started to eat frozen mysis and blackworms, and freeze dried mysis whenever I fed it. It took to the tank very well and blends right in with the other fish. What are the chances that this fish will do alright, given all of it's information?
After my disaster where I add those 2 x new potters which wiped out my well established choati and other potters I didn't have the heart to write that whatever it was they bought with them also wiped out my peacock. So that left me with just a leopard!
Anyway, I thought it was time to start again. While I am waiting for a choati and potters to arrive in the LFS I have added 4 small peacocks to the tank. They have been in since Saturday. I added them to the tank and within 10 minutes they had all gone to bed. You all know what that feeling is like, will I see them again? if so when? Well I was lucky, the following morning 3 of the 4 were out and about,, Monday all 4, Tuesday just 3 again and today all 4. They are all still adjusting to the timezone as they are going back to bed around mid-day, but from what I can tell they all appear to be eating.
I did take some pictures which I will post up soon, but when they are out they all stick together and are great to watch.
Anyway, I thought it was time to start again. While I am waiting for a choati and potters to arrive in the LFS I have added 4 small peacocks to the tank. They have been in since Saturday. I added them to the tank and within 10 minutes they had all gone to bed. You all know what that feeling is like, will I see them again? if so when? Well I was lucky, the following morning 3 of the 4 were out and about,, Monday all 4, Tuesday just 3 again and today all 4. They are all still adjusting to the timezone as they are going back to bed around mid-day, but from what I can tell they all appear to be eating.
I did take some pictures which I will post up soon, but when they are out they all stick together and are great to watch.
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